NGC 6230 NED02
NGC 6230 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
435 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 435 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6230 NED02 as it looked roughly 435 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 6234Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 6224Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED01Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6225Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4621Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6219Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6224Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 6230 NED01Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6225Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4621Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6219Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).